Linnard?s hydrogen on demand system without electricity !

[ResinRat2]

Hi Chris,

I went looking through my surplus parts and found a nice three-electrode potentiometer (can't even read the numbers on it) that seems like it will do the trick. I hooked it up to a AA battery and it gave me the range of 0 - 1.5 Volts output. Nice. This is exactly what I need.

I will place it between the fuel cell and the regenerating zinc rod and use it to regulate the voltage.

I will need to replace my zinc rods before I get this thing going again.

RR2

[Tacmatricx]

Hey RR,

Got two cells hooked up next to each other now... one with the four electrodes and one with the three... I found that the minimal amounts of current used allow me to use a Basic Stamp to control all the switching. It's a hobbyist microcontroller that acts like a mini computer, I can use it to provide exact power and do the switching for me as well. Will let you know how it turns out

Chris

[ResinRat2]

Great work, Chris. I keep rubbing my hands in anticipation of what you will find out.

Excellent!!!!

[Peterae]

Hi Chaps

I hope to be joining in soon, I am slowly acquiring parts.
I would be interested to here what you think of my cell design.
I have a few things I am not yet sure will work. I am going to use Fiber Glass Tissue as a membrane to stop the gas from mixing.
Also I intend to buy some rubber sheet and cut the gaskets out, my question is will this leak, I will use threaded nylon with nuts to tighten the whole assembly.
I am going to use Tungsten Foil, I have no experience with this stuff yet, and I know its tough stuff and am hoping I can corrugate it to increase the surface area.

For the switching of the electrodes I will use a 1.5v motor driving a 300:1 gearbox and use a cam system made out of 2 cd's and have micro switches attached to cut channels to swap the electrodes every 5 minuets.

My first problem is buying the Colloids, although possible via the internet, this was extremely expensive, I have therefore decided to make my own, I have ordered some pure silver wire and some magnesium ribbon, I have also ordered a TDS meter from china at a cost ?12.70 according to the instructions it measures total dissolved solids including metal ions in ppm(picture attached below).
Again not sure if this will work but I will try it, all I need do is run a current through the electrodes in a deionized water bath and periodically test until I get the desired ppm, lets hope the deionized water reads zero to start with LOL.

Peter

[ResinRat2]

Hi Peter,

Nice job on your graphics and your design idea. It's good to see others contributing here. Your design looks like it could be miniaturized and made small enough to power notebook computers and cell phones, or even larger. I am eager to see how you would build it.

I don't have experience making colloids, and I really don't have any interest in it right now. I would personally rather buy good quality prepared solutions with known concentrations; but that's just myself.

Magnesium metal reacts with water a bit violently, so I am not sure how magnesium colloid is prepared. I did an internet search and some of the colloid generators say that you can make magnesium colloid with them so it must be easy to do.

Please keep us posted here on your progress and any interesting results you discover.